What are you playing currently?

[Val the Moofia Boss]

I'm currently in Chapter 5 (about 70% done I'd guess). The plot finally feels like its really going in earnest. Currently 23.4 hours in.

That's super fast!

Heads up: after you beat the final boss of the base game, there is still more content left. The EX+ version of the game added an epilogue DLC with additional content and it's pretty good. IIRC you just reload your end save to do that.

 

[ParadiseLost]

That's super fast!

Really? Btw, I was saying I was just through 70% of Chapter 5, not 70% of the game.

I've been doing pretty much all the side content such as side quests or new skateboarding tracks and stuff. I've also been doing a decent amount of grinding I guess.... I have over 50,000 Yen and a ton of extra healing items.

It would be weird if I was playing super fast...

Heads up: after you beat the final boss of the base game, there is still more content left. The EX+ version of the game added an epilogue DLC with additional content and it's pretty good. IIRC you just reload your end save to do that.

I've heard about that.

I also saw Trails of Cold Steel I & II for a pretty decent price (about $13 each) so I picked them up on PC. I'll start playing them after I finish Tokyo Xanadu.

 

[gral]

I also saw Trails of Cold Steel I & II for a pretty decent price (about $13 each) so I picked them up on PC. I'll start playing them after I finish Tokyo Xanadu.

I played Trails of Cold Steel I, got stuck halfway through Cold Steel II, haven't managed to get the motivation for trying it again since then. Still have to play Cold Steel III. In spite of the above-mentioned hang-up, I liked the games.

 

[Culsu]

I forgot that I had Stoneshard in my library, which has been an early acces game for quite some time now.

Stoneshard is one of those games that you'd just love to like, but just can't bring yourself to do so. It's got a gorgeous grafics style, nice ambient music, a great tutorial, and an interesting setting, as far as I can see. But the utter randomness of its combat system pretty much throws all these positives over board. Even basic enemies can and do gut you rather handily when the fortunes of the dice aren't in your favour (and most the time they aren't). This combined with a saving system that randomized dungeons and enemy spawns after each load leads to your character being unable to master even the "average" rated tasks he/she has been given, which is utterly frustrating.

I hope they keep updating and improving on this game, as they might have a true diamond in the rough here. But right now I can't really recommend it.

Edit: Tried for two more hours yesterday, bought some better gear and healing salves. No change. The game just throws enemies at you that you simply cannot beat even though the mission is for your level.

 

[posh-goofiness]

Opus Magnum. The clockwork problem solving is great.

 

[bintananth]

I decided to break out this oldie (we've got v1.2 on 3.5" floppy):

Air Bucks - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

You start in 1946 with $100,000, a DC-3, landing rights at one airport (Miami by default), and a goal: manage an airline for 40yrs without going bankrupt.

It's not as easy as it sounds.

I decided to shoot for serving Latin America (plus Bermuda) and call it a day while the three AI players went after the US and the rest of the world.

I was never in any danger of going under because I had a plan and stuck to it.

Fleecing the AIs for the landing rights I'd acquired to airports I had no intention of ever serving was something I remembered I could do partway through.

 

[Robovski]

Got back into Lord of the Rings Online again, been doing that off and on for 10 years now. We'll see how long I stick this time.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Got back into Lord of the Rings Online again, been doing that off and on for 10 years now. We'll see how long I stick this time.

Did they ever expand into the Fourth Age Expansion so we could see that new main plotline involving Aragorn's tax policy and the ramifications that arose from that?

 

[Robovski]

Did they ever expand into the Fourth Age Expansion so we could see that new main plotline involving Aragorn's tax policy and the ramifications that arose from that?

I haven't picked up the latest expansion, but they are going a bit outside of the established areas with Gundabad

The Fate of Gundabad has arrived!

Official website for The Lord of the Rings Online™ with game information, developers diaries, frequently asked questions and message boards.

lotro.com

Fate of Gundabad FAQ and Information

Official website for The Lord of the Rings Online™ with game information, developers diaries, frequently asked questions and message boards.

lotro.com

 

[ParadiseLost]

Never got into LOTRO, but thinking about getting into it (and other MMOs/competitive MP games) post college.

Finished Alan Wake's DLC yesterday.

 

[Robovski]

Never got into LOTRO, but thinking about getting into it (and other MMOs/competitive MP games) post college.

Finished Alan Wake's DLC yesterday.

You can unlock an awful lot of content for free if you use the code before the end of November. https://lotro.com/sites/default/files/LOTRO_FacebookShare_unpaid_free-quests-2021_v2.png

 

[ParadiseLost]

You can unlock an awful lot of content for free if you use the code before the end of November. https://lotro.com/sites/default/files/LOTRO_FacebookShare_unpaid_free-quests-2021_v2.png

Wow. Thanks. I'll check it out over Thanksgiving Break.

Also, I decided to play Murdered: Soul Suspect after Alan Wake cause it looked kind of similar.

 

[Seras]

Been really into Battletech PC recently, decided to start a new career and try and do all the flashpoints, which I usually skipped in the past. Also just started to play Rust again. Which is likely a mistake, but it can be a pretty enthralling game to sink some time into.

 

[ShadowsOfParadox]

Warframe. With New War just around the corner I knuckled down to get a Necramech started and am now working on getting what I need to actually make it good... I am going to need so much Endo...

 

[Doomsought]

Warframe. With New War just around the corner I knuckled down to get a Necramech started and am now working on getting what I need to actually make it good... I am going to need so much Endo...

Do complete ayatan treasures and do Corpus defense missions if you want endo.

 

[prinCZess]

Also, I decided to play Murdered: Soul Suspect after Alan Wake cause it looked kind of similar.

I remember playing Soul Suspect years ago. I can't say how it compares to Alan Wake, but it's pretty linear and unfortunately predictable in story beats? It kept my attention through a playthrough, but I was kind of disappointed at the end at the lack of any real twist in the story past the one that's pretty heavily telegraphed from the beginning.

As for myself, switched in and out of the Halo: Infinite multiplayer with a friend after not having played any of it since Reach back in the day years ago. It felt pretty familiar to the older versions in what I played in a good way, and tooling around driving a Warthog only to get grenade'd/rocket'd and flipped end-for-end was still up there in the paradoxical 'ways you enjoy dying' in a video game.

 

[VictortheMonarch]

Right now I'm playing SWTOR, mostly out of hype for the next DLC. Really well put together game, well, besides Theron, I feel like he should've died no matter what.

 

[ParadiseLost]

I remember playing Soul Suspect years ago. I can't say how it compares to Alan Wake, but it's pretty linear and unfortunately predictable in story beats? It kept my attention through a playthrough, but I was kind of disappointed at the end at the lack of any real twist in the story past the one that's pretty heavily telegraphed from the beginning.

It did not compare well. I dropped Murdered: Soul Suspect pretty quickly.

Went and played Chinese Parents instead, which is absolutely a great game.

 

[Chiron]

Bravely Default, as you can see by my Avatar. I go all in for Spell Fencer with White Mage backup for the ladies, Knight with White Mage backup for the guys. So far no problems. Wish there was an easier way to mod it to detach the costumes from the Jobs, but oh well.

 

[bintananth]

Bravely Default, as you can see by my Avatar. I go all in for Spell Fencer with White Mage backup for the ladies, Knight with White Mage backup for the guys. So far no problems. Wish there was an easier way to mod it to detach the costumes from the Jobs, but oh well.

My youngest daughter just topped an "almost weaponless Samurai" when she tried Nethack. She picked Tourist and used thrown darts and a Hawaiian shirt instead of the yumi, katana, wakizashi, and heavy armour a Samurai gets.

Lucille's ascention run took only about 700 turns. She looked up the TTYrecs for my games and said "dad, you're slow" because the fastest ascention run I've managed was about 1,300 turns.